St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-03

SeTVlce WHICH ne QOCS not render, out he also
has the use of the ticket holders money.
There was never devised in our opinion a
more ingenious scheme than this for trans
ferring one mans money into anotehrs pocket
Such scheme ought not to havethe sanction
of law.
Fees for loading whest through country
elevators ought not to exceed three-fourths
of cent per bushel, and for cleaning and
loading wheat one and quarter cents per
bushel.
We demand an efficient law for inspection
OF weights and measures-vigorousy en-
forced.
We call upon the legislature to inquire into
the reasons for the inability of railroad com
panles to furnish cars to shi1p erS from side
tracks, and also to ask them TO investigate all
the circumstances connected with the So
called wheat blockade, with a view to pre-
venting any similar blockade hereafter.
RAILROADS.
| We believe that the present railroad law is
! in the main good law if faithfully enforced.
! The law should prohibit pooling. We reiter-
ate the STA tement made in declaration of
| rights ''to pool is to plumber and divide"
| The law should provide such penalties as will
efectually suppress it.
We have u law against discrimination.
! There is reason to believe that it is being
daily violated. We ask au investigation into
this greatest of all the evils of the railway
system. Let US know whether it is the law
itself that is at fault or its administration. If
| the law is defective let 1t be so amended as TO
| make discrimination in favor of either person
or place as dangerous crime as counterfeit
ing. If the law has not been faithfully adj
| mInistered let US know that also. If those
whose duty il IS to protect the people have
been too weak to combat the power which
dares to defy the law-let them stand aside.
If in this contest with an arrogant and des-
potic power they have deliberately chosen the
side against the people let US know that too.
We denounce in the strongest terms the
granting of free passes. Let all pay equally
for the use of these tracks-except public
paupers.
We demand of the law-making power Of
Minnesota laws that will effectually do away
with the power to tax the people without
their consent, now assumed by the Emanagers
of railway corporations doing business in this
state.
We are willing to pay reasonable rate for
carrying our products to market, and upon
merchandise and other freights brought to
our door-but we will pay no more What-
ever more than reasonable rate is eXtorted
from us we submit to for the time being as
the defenseless individual submits to u deS-
potic power which he is helpless to resist.
SOME RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, Large sections OF Minnesota are
almost wholly destitute of timber, while bor-
dering on the prairie and adjoining it are vast
forests; and.
Whereas Owing to combinations made pos
sible by railway regulations and railway dis
!
the dwelIers on the prairie is greatly en-
hanced n cost to the consumer by his being
compelled to pay high freights and to pur-
j chase in high-priced and distant markets.;
therefore, be it
, Resolved, That we demand of the law
making power that legisat III be had which
shall make the traffic between the timber and
prairie sections of the state free and un-
, restricted by the shortest railway line or lines
and at the smallest cost possible consistent
with justice to the corporation.
Whereas, Because OF railway regulations
and determinations the local markets OF
Western Minnesota are based upon the East
ern markets, less the cost of transportation
by rail and water, via Chicago and the lakes
to the Eastern markets; and
Whereas, The transportation by rail from
the wheat fields of Western and Central Min
I nesota to the Eastern markets is 400 miles less
via Duluth and Lake Superior than via Chi
: cago and Lake Michigan; be it
Resolved That we demand of the law
making power of the state that the railway
tracks be opened for direct and unobStructed
S traffic between every part of Minnesota and
e Duluth and that such railway regulations be
p prescribed as will permit the shipper TO reach
that port at reasonable rates.
- Whereas, The rate per mile on wheat be-
tween Herman and Minneapolis is more than
i five times that between Minneapolis and Chi
}. cago and
4 Whereas. All freight rates to interior
8 points III the state vest of ST. Paul and Min
: neapoiis are much higher than the rates easi
: OF those cities. Otter amounting to two, five
:, and even ten times th e rate where competi
tion exists, ther efore be it
" Resolved, That we denounce the present
IL railway rates on the roads west OF st. Paul
e Minneapolis aud Duluth as unreasonable, op
S preSsive ard eXtortionate.
o Whereas, BY reason of easy grades, Sigh
|. curvatures, cheap bridging, and the genera
n character of the surface, the actual cost o
- running trans and keeping up the track il
, MOST PARTS OF MINNESOTA
l. is much less than in many other states wher
). the country is rough and mountainous, th
d grades heavy, the curves sharp and the bridge
is costly; and,
f. Whereas, According to the report of th
a railway commissioners there had previous t
June 80, 1888, been granted to railways il
this state lands bonds and other gratuities
10 amounting in the aggregate to SI6, 633, 09O, o
n more than $40 per mile for every mile o
y road then constructed; and,
Whereas, Since June 30, 1888, the averag
cost per mile of all roads lit in this state
believed TO have been not more than $500
per mile; therefore, be il
i. Resolved, That the railway rates in Min
i. nesota to be reasonable rates must be 10y
rates.
Whereas The amount of wheat transporte
&c by railways in Minnesota has now reache
s vast proportions, and
l. Whereas, All interests in the state will ot
,f best subserved by rates as low as may be ha
- without injustice to the corporations, and
IL Whereas Tie low price of wheat in the mar
al ketS of the world necessitates either tht
,t cheapening of transportation or the abandon
- ment in this state OF wheat culture as an art
Gle of export, and
5 Whereas, The cost of transporting whef
/ from Minneapolis to Chicago, a distance o
le 420 miles is only - cents per bushel.
Resolved, That we demand OF the legiSlatur
the enactment of q law prescribing the follow
ing rates for transportation of wheat in ca
III load lots TO any point in the state: For tn
ne first 165 miles not more than 41a cents pc
Is bushel, for all distances over 165 miles an
es less than 800 miles from 10 to ~ cents az
er cordng TO distances. for all distances over 81
e. and less than 400 miles from ~ to 9R cen
TO per bushel according to distance, for all di
s. tanceS over 400 miles rates based on the Tor
&c going. The shipper TO have the right
N choose the route over which the ShlpmeI
We | shall be made; and where that route require
ne the use of the tracks of more than one ra
Is way company the wheat to be traDsferrt
en- without unloading from the Cur in which IL
All shipment was fist made at cost not to e
es ceed 81 for each transfer.
or We are confident that with the foregoir
10 proposition Incorporated into efficient laV
VI new life would be injected into the agrict
tural interests of the state. every legltlmt
EAR industry would be favorably affected, and Il
IL | corporations themselves in the end benetite
ied Not only would freight rates be great
ty, cheapened but what is of far more cons
| ouence the markets would be released fro
TO the grip of a gigantic combination of confe
e-s Grated monopolies which under the prese
an system dictate prices, plunder the people al
ou divide the SpoilS.
ely ~
he THE SENATURSHIP.
oa The Friends Of Davis Confident, Bl